Three Stabbed, Suspect Arrested

Three people reportedly were stabbed late Saturday night and a suspect was captured after a chase during which a Broward Sheriff`s Office deputy fired four shots at him, police said.

A spokeswoman at Plantation General Hospital said before midnight that emergency room personnel were treating a woman who had been stabbed in the head and a man who suffered less severe wounds.

The hospital also had been told to expect a third stabbing victim, the spokeswoman said.

Early police reports were that the stabbings were related to the capture of a suspect near Interstate 95 and Broward Boulevard following a search by the Sheriff`s Office, Fort Lauderdale police and the Florida Highway Patrol.

A police helicopter, K-9 units and officers had combed the area after the deputy reportedly fired four shots at the suspect during a chase. The suspect reportedly was not wounded.